Volume: 1
Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 36
On-sale Date: 1956-06-18
Editing: John L. Goldwater (editor); Harry Shorten (managing editor)
Cover Thumbnail for Laugh Comics / Laugh (Archie, 1946 series) #76 Edit Cover
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Archie / cover / 1 page

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  • Genre:teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Golly, Ronnie! I never saw such dreamy eyes, before!
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Reprints (1)

Issue Data

  • Publisher's Brand: Archie Series
  • Indicia / Colophon Publisher: Close-Up Inc.
  • Indicia Frequency: bi-monthly
  • Publisher's Age Guidelines: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
  • Printer: ?

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

Kissing Cousin!
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Archie / comic story / 4.75 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:You're fighting fate, Archie Andrews!
  • Keywords:cousin; disguise
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Synopsis:
Archie catches Reggie kissing Veronica. When confronted, Veronica declares herself to be her French cousin. Veronica gets Betty to help her with the scheme by disguising herself as Veronica's cousin, but Betty gets the best end of the deal.

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Archie / comic story / 0.25 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Hey Arch, did I tell you my latest joke?
  • Keywords:joke
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Synopsis:
Reggie wants to tell Archie a joke.

Moving Target
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Pat the Brat / comic story / 0.5 page

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  • Genre:humor; children
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Bulls-eye!!
  • Keywords:slingshot
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Synopsis:
Pat hits a large lady with his slingshot.

Ahem!
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Pat the Brat / comic story / 0.5 page

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  • Genre:humor; children
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Hey, Patty! C'mon ... you'll be late for school!
  • Keywords:sore throat
Characters:
Mophead
Synopsis:
Pat is staying home from school with a sore throat, but that doesn't stop him from yelling at his friend from his room.

By Design
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Wilbur / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Wilbur, don't you have some homework to do?
  • Keywords:art; television
Characters:
Frank Wilkin
Synopsis:
Wilbur gets good marks in art by copying the screen patterns on their broken television set.

Cram Jam
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Wilbur / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Wow! Tomorrow is 'T' Day!
  • Keywords:refrigerator; test
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Synopsis:
Red stays overnight with Wilbur to help him cram for a test. While he's doing that, he empties the refrigerator.
Reprints (1)

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Archie / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

Chubby Chuckles Dream Cars
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Katy Keene / comic story / 4.25 pages

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  • Genre:humor; fashion; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:(chuckle) Fly away with me, Katy, my heart bleeds for you (sigh) (chuckle)
  • Keywords:automobiles; cars
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Synopsis:
Chubby has a dream of all the unique cars he would design for he and Katy.

Indexer Notes

Katy's outfit and sweetshop scene by Donna Guss (Girard, Kan.); Chubby's sweetheart helicopter by Arthur S. Piehl (Sturgis, S. D.); juke box scene by Ruth Birch (East Kildonan, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada); Sis's outfit and scene by Claudia Mann (Lyons, N.Y.); car and apple trailer by Thana Sue Norris (Mathis, Texas); apple gown by Edna Standley (Lincoln, Calif.); tennis racket car by Evelyn Algarotti (Weehawken, N.J.); sheik car by Helen Wain (Huntsville, Ontario, Canada); carrot car by Karen Krieger (Bronx 53, N.Y.); All-American car by Patricia Carr (Cicero 50, Ill.); corn car by Kathy Dombrowski (Detroit, Mich.); soda car by Sheran Matson (Ft. Meade, S.D.).

More Crazy Cars for Katy and Her Gang
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Katy Keene / illustration / 0.75 page

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  • Genre:fashion; teen

Indexer Notes

K.O. Kelly Jeep with a sock to it by Ross Todd (Valentine, NE) and Cheryl Spector (Detroit 35, MI); Randy's butterfly car by Marianne Curcio (Scranton 5, PA); diamond car for Gloria by Karen Hutson (Fairview, IN) and Sue LaForce (South Euclid, OH); candy cane car for Sis by Elaine Sikorska (East Newark, NJ) and Sandra Lougheed (Buffalo 11, NY).

Word Game!
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Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:What are you looking so glum about, Archie?
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Synopsis:
Jughead tells Archie that Veronica said he was perfect--a perfect idiot.

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Archie Club News / letters page / 0.5 page

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Look kids! Here's what you get by joining the Archie Club as an official reporter.
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Indexer Notes

Promo for Archie Club with mail-in coupon. Cost is 10 cents. Also first prize winner of $5.00 to Jerome Meltzer (Fair Lawn, N. J.) for a paragraph on his friend, a recent immigrant from Germany. Second prize winner of $3.00 to Sharon Lee Kennedy (Nunda, N.Y.) for a paragraph on raising animals.

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Archie Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.25 page

Wildroot Cream-Oil Gives You Confidence!
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Wildroot Cream-Oil / advertisement / 0.25 page

Ail and Farewell
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text story / 2 pages

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  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:'Uh oh, — now I'm in for it.' thought Jerry as he spotted Gus Grype coming along the street toward him.
Characters:
Jerry; Gus Grype
Synopsis:
Jerry has to listen to Gus Grype list all his ailments.

Indexer Notes

Text story with 1/3 page cartoon illustration.

Beat It!!
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Reggie / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Reggie! Reggie Mantle!!
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Synopsis:
Reggie picks the wrong place to hide when his mother is beating rugs over a clothesline.

Flower Girl
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Betty / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Ahhh! Here's one that'll come out right!
  • Keywords:daisy
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Synopsis:
Betty gets Archie to play "she loves me, she loves me not" with the petals of a daisy. Archie, as usual, misses the point.

Trying for Sighs
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Betty and Veronica / comic story / 2 pages

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Betty buys a dozen lipsticks on sale for 10 cents each. She tells Archie she's doing an experiment and kisses him with a sample from each one.
Reprints (1)

Family Affair
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Archie / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Mr. Andrews? I'm a reporter from the Riverdale Tribune!
  • Keywords:medals; newspaper; reporter
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Synopsis:
A newspaper reporter interviews the Andrews family when Archie is voted Riverdale High's athlete of the year. Archie's father says his ability runs in the family and asks his mother to show the reporter her medals.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Pencils formerly credited to Tom Moore; they match Schwartz's work.

Mind Over Platter!
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Li'l Jinx / comic story / 3.25 pages

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  • Genre:humor; children
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Can I see the tire, Daddy?
  • Keywords:Army uniform; diet
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Synopsis:
Merry tells Bill he needs to lose some weight. Bill doesn't believe her until he can't fit into his old Army uniform. Bill goes to the doctor to get a diet, but Jinx loses it. She replaces it with the diet the vet gave Ga Ga's dog Rover.

Indexer Notes

First appearance of Li'l Jinx's friend Ga Ga, who would later be renamed Gigi.
The "Li'l Jinx" feature already appears regularly in Pep Comics (Archie, 1940 Series), and will now appear in Laugh Comics too.

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Li'l Jinx Pen Pals / letters page / 0.75 page

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  • Genre:non-fiction
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Hi, Pen Pals: Our club now has thousands of members who have made many new friends through the mail.

Indexer Notes

A listing of 48 persons (ages 10-15) desiring pen pals.

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. ["Golly, Ronnie! I never saw such dreamy eyes, before!"]
    Archie
  2. Kissing Cousin!
    Archie
  3. ["Hey Arch, did I tell you my latest joke?"]
    Archie
  4. Moving Target
    Pat the Brat
  5. Ahem!
    Pat the Brat
  6. By Design
    Wilbur
  7. Cram Jam
    Wilbur
  8. ["Hurry! Hurry! Don't be late for your copy of Archie Annual #8!"]
    Archie
  9. Chubby Chuckles Dream Cars
    Katy Keene
  10. More Crazy Cars for Katy and Her Gang
    Katy Keene
  11. Word Game!
    Jughead
  12. ["Look kids! Here's what you get by joining the Archie Club as an official reporter."]
    Archie Club News
  13. ["There's fun in your future!"]
    Archie Comics
  14. Wildroot Cream-Oil Gives You Confidence!
    Wildroot Cream-Oil
  15. Ail and Farewell
  16. Beat It!!
    Reggie
  17. Flower Girl
    Betty
  18. Trying for Sighs
    Betty and Veronica
  19. Family Affair
    Archie
  20. Mind Over Platter!
    Li'l Jinx
  21. ["Hi, Pen Pals: Our club now has thousands of members who have made many new friends through the mail."]
    Li'l Jinx Pen Pals
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